When we brought Mike home he was infested with worms but being young and in love with our puppy we did in Maryland. He was the instant favorite to family and friends as he had such a lovable personality and always did his rounds each evening making sure everyone was ok and in bed. As I brought home my daughter when he was four and then my youngest son when he was eight he took all the changes with the slightest bit of hesitation and just continued to man our house.

In May of 1998, Mike woke up one morning and as he went out for his morning walk we soon realized something was wrong. He came up lame and after blood work and additional testing we realized he had lyme disease. We treated him as advised but didn't realize at the time that this was the beginning of watching Mike deteriorate for years. The lyme's took it's toll on Mike but, the deterioration of his hips is what was making him very unhappy. Over the course of the next several years Mike went from one pain medication to another. We were trying to assist him and make his everyday a little better. By 2003 his hips were deteriorating so bad failure. All during this time Mike was slowly began loosing his vision so he would bark quite a bit. This was so we would come see him and assure himself that someone was around him. Over these next years we brough "Mike" back from Renal Failure, Belys Palsey and numerous other conditions. Even when we purchased Molly (our Chocolate Female) Mike was slowing loosing touch with the world around him.

On February 22nd, 2004 we woke up to find Mike, who slept by our side every night even though we carried him up the stairs, laying in our living room with the sound of a brewing coffee pot coming from his lungs. We realized then that his heart was failing and congestive heart failure had taken over. I went to church that day just praying that he would be gone by the time I got home so we didn't have to make the awful choice of putting him down. But, when I arrived home he was still staring at me and wagging his tail this time just a little slower. My husband and I made the decision at that time to put Mike down and I allowed each of my kids the chance to say good-bye to him. My youngest who was six at the time didn't understand why he had to say good-bye as "We will see him again in heaven right Mom". I personally could not say good-bye as I am not good at that. I was at peace watching him walk away and getting into my husbands truck for the last time, knowing that this is what truly made him happy. Mike was put to sleep that day and buried at our Family farm where he had 88 acres to run pain free. My peace of mind is knowing that he is now walking with my fathers each day for the normal walk he loved to take...no longer striving for breath or taking his time.

Bonnie came to us in March of 2006 and quickly became very spoiled. She had a couple of litters with us and was always a wonderful mother to her pups. She produces very solid pups not only with beautiful top lines, coats, and disposition but they have proven to be wonderful working dogs as well as family pets. We currently have several of Bonnie's puppies from her few litters assisting in Police work in New York City, therapy work in Virginia and Maryland as well as others are active in the obedience and conformation ring here and in Canada. Bonnie was retired in October of 2008 after giving birth to her last litter. She survived Breast Cancer in 2008 only to be taken from us in 2015 due to Liver Cancer.

Tredolphin Sun BonnetOctober 2004 - June 2015

The Reason we do what we do....November 27th, 1990 to February 22nd, 2004In February of 1990 my husband and I wanted a puppy for our son who was only 4 months old. We began searching the news-paper and found a local "back-yard" breeder that was offering puppies for sale for a reasonable price. My husband grew up with labs and I with much smaller dogs so we mutually agreed that we wanted a real dog and the Labrador was our choice. We made an appointment and visited the breeder and instantly fell in love with the largest male of the litter soon to be named "Mike".

Molly is where we started as she was the Dam of our first litter here at Lynneville Labradors. Molly is a wonderful Blend of English and Field lines and produced very nicely us. We retired Molly in 2008 after her 3rd litter and she lived to a young 14yrs of age. Molly spent her last years living on the Eastern Shore of Maryland where she was spoiled by my Father-in-Law

Maggie's Chocolate J.A.R 4/25/2001-5/23/2015

What I wouldn't give for one more day with this dog... Moe's J.A.R of Tricks taught me everything about total formal obedience, the beginning of conformation, and what it means to properly socialize a puppy before 8 weeks of age. Moe sired several litters for us but was eventually retired at the age of 5. He lovingly stayed with me by my side till the age of 11 when he was sadly strickened with a neuromuscular disease that eventually made us help him cross the Rainbow bridge. Moe was my life for a very long-time and the dog that stood by me and licked my tears many a times. I still hear his bark in my home..

Moe's J.A.R of Tricks 1/25/2004 to 9/6/2016

Maggie was my husband's world and one of the BEST Field or American style dogs we every had the pleasure of owning and Training, however sadly enough Maggie was diagnosed with Hip and ElbowDysplasia by 18 months of age so rarely saw the Hunting Fields again. She then became our true bed-side companion and couch-potato and my husband’s "Baby" for the next 12 years until she passed away extremely suddenly and tragically in September of 2018. My room is not the same without you by my side at night. Maggie and Moe were the BEST of friends an she was never quite the same without him after he passed in 2017 .. and ironically enough… She passed away almost a year to the the day.. of when he did. without him...

Maggie's J.A.R of Mischief 7/2/2005 to 9/5/2017

I don't know where to begin to say that we will ever understand how cancer took our sweet girl at just 5 years of age.. She was truly a wonderful girl who never liked the ring but preferred to be a Therapy Dog over everything else and that is what my daughter-in-law did with her.. She made people smile and for 5 years made our hearts full... You will be FOREVER missed Frizz..CaryHill's Bad Hair Day "Frizz" 5/29/2013 - 10/31/2018